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How Inflation Affects P&C Rates & How It Doesn’t

February 9, 2023

How Inflation Affects P&C Rates & How It Doesn’t

Tweet Triple-I fields a lot of questions from consumers and the media as to exactly how inflation affects insurance premium rates. As we explain in a new Issues Brief, the relationship b

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JIF 2022: Combined Ratio Takes Center Stage

December 6, 2022

JIF 2022: Combined Ratio Takes Center Stage

Tweet Photo credit: Don Pollard By Max Dorfman, Research Writer, Triple-I Insurers are expected to post an underwriting loss in 2022, following four years of modest underwriting pr

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Economic Analysis Matters More Than Everin “Golden Age” of Data

July 17, 2024

Economic Analysis Matters More Than Everin “Golden Age” of Data

Tweet By Lewis Nibbelin, Guest Blogger for Triple-I Though data collection and curation have always been critical to insurance underwriting, advancements in artificial intelli

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The gig economy’s impact on workers compensation insurance

July 15, 2019

The gig economy’s impact on workers compensation insurance

Tweet   Getty Images The gig economy, or independent contract work has been around for centuries. Before the Industrial Revolution, and for some years after, most workers were self-employ

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Triple-I Study Sees “Constrained” Growth For Insurers in 2021

November 17, 2021

Triple-I Study Sees “Constrained” Growth For Insurers in 2021

Tweet From financial economists’ exuberant growth forecasts early in the year to central bankers’ coining of the term “transitory” inflation to pushback against Federal Reserve “tape

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I.I.I. Report: Patchwork of state marijuana laws causing headaches for employers, insurers

June 25, 2019

I.I.I. Report: Patchwork of state marijuana laws causing headaches for employers, insurers

Tweet Today Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker is reportedly going to sign into law a bill that legalizes recreational marijuana in the state. That makes Illinois the eleventh state (plus D

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Triple-I/Milliman:Severe Convective Storms Restrain P&C Growth

January 30, 2024

Triple-I/Milliman:Severe Convective Storms Restrain P&C Growth

Tweet By Max Dorfman, Research Writer, Triple-I Severe convective storm losses drove adverse results in 2023 underwriting profitability for the property/casualty industry, according t

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Bringing Clarityto Concerns About Racein Insurance Pricing

April 4, 2022

Bringing Clarityto Concerns About Racein Insurance Pricing

Tweet There is no place for discrimination in today’s insurance marketplace. In addition to being fundamentally unfair, to discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, sex

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JIF C-Suite Panel: Finding Opportunity Amid Evolving Risks

December 9, 2021

JIF C-Suite Panel: Finding Opportunity Amid Evolving Risks

Tweet Credit for all photos in this post: Don Pollard Insurers – beyond their traditional role as financial first responders – are helping policyholders mitigate the risks posed by na

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Workers Comp Premiums Could SoarWith COVID-19 Claims

April 3, 2020

Workers Comp Premiums Could SoarWith COVID-19 Claims

Tweet Health-care workers and emergency responders will benefit from rules eased in some states around workers’ compensation that will allow them to collect benefits if they can prov

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WCRI Annual Issues and Research Conference

January 23, 2019

WCRI Annual Issues and Research Conference

Tweet The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) is holding its 35th Annual Issues and Research Conference on February 28th at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown in Phoenix, AZ. An

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P/C Underwriting Losses Forecast to at Least 2025

August 3, 2023

P/C Underwriting Losses Forecast to at Least 2025

Tweet By Max Dorfman, Research Writer, Triple-I Poor personal lines performance will keep the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s underwriting profitability constrained fo

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REMINDER: WCRI ANNUAL ISSUES AND RESEARCH CONFERENCE

February 15, 2019

REMINDER: WCRI ANNUAL ISSUES AND RESEARCH CONFERENCE

Tweet Looking for an excuse to brush up on your knowledge of workers’ compensation insurance and maybe catch a Cactus League baseball game? Look no further. The Workers Compensation Rese

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NAIC, FIO to Collaborate on Data Collection Around Climate Risk

March 11, 2024

NAIC, FIO to Collaborate on Data Collection Around Climate Risk

Tweet When the U.S. Treasury Department’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) announced in December 2022 that it was considering a new data-reporting mandate for certain property/casu

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Mixed ReactionsTo Workers CompCOVID-19 Expansions

April 17, 2020

Mixed ReactionsTo Workers CompCOVID-19 Expansions

Tweet State workers’ compensation boards around the country are amending rules for benefits payouts related to coronavirus, and several states have expanded or are considering wideni

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WCRI Annual Conference: Opioid Crisis Still Very Much Top of Mind

March 1, 2019

WCRI Annual Conference: Opioid Crisis Still Very Much Top of Mind

Tweet Unsurprisingly, the opioid crisis was a major topic of conversation at the 2019 Workers’ Compensation Research Institute’s (WCRI) Annual Issues and Research Conference. Workers’ co

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P/C Underwriting Profitability Remainsat Least a Year Away

July 11, 2024

P/C Underwriting Profitability Remainsat Least a Year Away

Tweet By Max Dorfman, Research Writer, Triple-I The property/casualty insurance industry is expected to achieve underwriting profitability in 2025, according to the latest research fr

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The Treasury yield curve inverted. What does it mean for insurance?

March 27, 2019

The Treasury yield curve inverted. What does it mean for insurance?

Tweet The Treasury yield curve inverted last weekend and many are concerned: Sustained inverted yield curves are often harbingers of recession. Insurers could also feel the impact, since

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The future of telemedicine and workers’ compensation insurance

March 4, 2019

The future of telemedicine and workers’ compensation insurance

Tweet You can’t talk about workers’ compensation insurance these days without mentioning “telemedicine” at least once. It should therefore come as no surprise that telemedicine was given

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“Patent trolls”? No thanks, says Apple…probably

February 27, 2019

“Patent trolls”? No thanks, says Apple…probably

Tweet I once took an Uber in Fairfield, Ohio. As we sat at a light, the driver pointed to an empty big box storefront. “What’s that building look like?” he asked. I said it looked like an

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Women’s History Month Karen Clark: A Model of Success

March 24, 2021

Women’s History Month Karen Clark: A Model of Success

Tweet By Loretta Worters, Vice President, Media Relations, Triple-I Like many people, Karen Clark’s career was influenced by circumstances and serendipity rather than advanced p

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WCRI releases 2019 workers compensation law compendium

April 18, 2019

WCRI releases 2019 workers compensation law compendium

Tweet This week, the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) published its latest edition of workers compensation laws in the U.S. and Canada, which includes regulations and benef

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Top 5 challenges for workers comp

January 13, 2020

Top 5 challenges for workers comp

Tweet The annual Focus on 5 survey by the National Council of Compensation Insurance (NCCI)  yielded the following issues that are keeping workers comp executives up at night: Will insu

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Climate Risk Is Not a New Priority for Insurers

April 22, 2021

Climate Risk Is Not a New Priority for Insurers

Tweet Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s pledge to tackle climate change and warning about the economic consequences of failure to act underscore the fact that climate is no longer “m

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